Jumble Answers for 02/12/2019

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MWASP = SWAMP

GUYNO = YOUNG

NUTIDC = INDUCT

ARMCEA = CAMERA

 

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE NEW HUMAN-POWERED GREEK SHIP WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY AT SEA FOR – – –

SWYONIDARA = DAYS IN A ROW

 

Happy Tuesday, Jumble fans! We have a new clue word this morning with SWAMP making its debut into gameplay. I could have sworn that we’ve seen it before, but a quick check of the archives showed that it was swampy that I was thinking of. We’ve seen swampy a total five times over the past few years so SWAMP was a breeze to figure out. David continued his trend of making words within the anagrams with wasp, guy, no, nut and arm being spelled out for us. It didn’t throw me off track at all, but his touch of whimsy sure brought a smile to my face. As for the most difficult anagram of the day, I ended up choosing CAMERA. It’s one of those words that gets me every dang time it’s in play and I just can’t seem to commit it to memory. INDUCT was our oldest clue word of the day with a date of 12/8/17 and YOUNG was our most recent repeat on 9/19/18.

Today’s cartoon brings us to the Aegean Sea where we see a Greek ship leaving port. The two characters in the foreground provide the dialogue for the panel with both of them touting the advantages of this new class of warship. In the background we see the boat, which appears to be a Trireme, being rowed out to sea by a group of ten men. Standing watch over the oarsmen is a burly looking man who appears to be shouting instructions at them. The crew is comprised of all men and they look focused, and perhaps a bit nervous, as they row into the waters in an effort to help the Greek empire maintain her maritime dominance.

These ships often had a layer of brass at the tips which made them work effectively as a battering ram when needed. In today’s cartoon, we see that Jeff added this detail in an effort to make his cartoon appear as authentic as possible. While researching these primitive ships, I discovered that the crews were comprised of citizens as well as hired foreign hands. In rare cases, slaves were used but they were deliberately set free before being employed.

Moving along to the final solve, we were given an anagram consisting of 10-letters. The anagram didn’t spell out any words like the clue words did, but it was cryptic nonetheless. The leading nature of the cartoon sentence brought DAYS immediately to mind leaving IN A ROW to be found in the remaining letters. Today’s game seemed easier than yesterday’s but no doubt we’ll have a more challenging one schooner or later. Have a terrific Tuesday, and I’ll see you right back here tomorrow! 🚣‍♀️

 

 

38 thoughts on “Jumble Answers for 02/12/2019”

  1. Good morning. Can’t figure out what is going on with this blog. For the past few days some of my go to sites disappeared and I now have a jumble app. The only problem is that it gives me the answers but I can’t get anything else. I tried the back door and am able to post but I don’t see anybody else except Mike. It 10:40 and I know by now there should be a flock of responses. Today’s jumble was again fairly easy with Induct being the hardest of the easiest. The cartoon answer was cute once again and once the letters were put down required little time to get. Wish I knew what happened to the settings on my phone. Until tomorrow stay well.

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    • Hi, Paul. I know you’ve mentioned this before and I’ll answer it again. I post the answers early in the morning but don’t do a *full* post until after 9am. Once it’s completed, it allows for commenting. As for the other issues going on with your phone, I’m not sure what’s happening. But I wouldn’t mind a new Jumble app!!! 😉

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  2. 🎶 And then he’d RHO, RHO, RHO…Way up the river he would RHO, RHO, RHO…A hug he’d give her…Then he’d kiss her now and then, she would tell him when, they’d fool around and fool around…And then they’d kiss again….And then he’d RHO, RHO, RHO… 🎶”Row, Row, Row” – Bing Crosby 1951 http://tinyurl.com/yyf8t2td

    🚣 Traveling through SWAMP-filled waters, at the time all Greek to them,
    Some YOUNG, some old, indentured souls out on the Aegean…
    Not thrilled with this new INDUCT…the work laborious,
    And nothing much to show for it…the end inglorious.
    No CAMERA then to capture the agony and strife…
    This Human-powered idea for the Rower? Not much life…
    But the Ship owners did prosper and at sea they’d longer go,
    Getting rich by sweat of others…many more DAYS IN A ROW…🚣

    Easy breezy…Which those poor guys could have used…A breeze.
    Eye candy? That hot blazing sun which Jeff has drawn way up above, off to the right…emanating rays down on the ship…And the rowers TRIREME their best to crouch over and avoid it…I think they must have had a pretty good TURNOVER with this job…Most of these guys probably went out in a BLAZE of glory…AEGEAN way before their time…But I guess at the time there wasn’t a FETA way…Have a great day, Everyone…And may we all do something new today…POSEIDON our usual routines… 🚣🙋🏻

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  4. Chuck B…HERA you go…I’m working on a TROY Story..and I probably could’ve done FETA with this, but it’ll have to do for now…😂🙋🏻

    ° For three DAYS IN A ROW now, he couldn’t INDUCT the new YOUNG Scouts, since he first needed his CAMERA for the ID photos, and it had fallen into the SWAMP water on Sunday…

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  5. Hi all – CAMERA also took me the longest, but I got it after just staring at it for a minute. Thought the answer might be “OARS AT A TIME”, but the letter layout and absence of quotation marks showed the correct one

    Angela, I hope you didn’t BETA lot on my ability to recognize puns today – my brain’s not working yet.

    Mike, you’re on a roll with “schooner or later” and yesterday’s “per-suede”!
    You may be aware of this, but yesterday and today, my email and name are blank in the reply fields every time I try to reply. I’ve had to re-enter them three times so far this morning.
    Hope thay fix it — or we could just all go permanently anonymous!

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  6. As they were about to INDUCT a YOUNG Elvis into the Army, many of his fans waited patiently to SWAMP him with questions while a tv CAMERA was close by to air the proceedings.

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    • I see that. But you shouldn’t have to…Steve’s suffering the same fate..A quirk in the system? IDK…As Mike said, maybe the update threw things out of whack? 😱🙋🏻

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  9. SHOUT OUT TO JEFF: Having overslept this morning, and writing up a quick slipshod post, I missed a GLARING piece of EYE 😉 Candy! Besides not mentioning what I think to be weights along the ships’ side holding the oars in place…I didn’t bring attention to the EYE. The Trireme “Marble Eye” placed at the prow of each ship to ward off evil…As I said, GLARING overSIGHT…I don’t know where my head was…Once again, great attention to detail, Jeff, and mea culpa for not doing it justice…Hope you’re enjoying your night! 🙋🏻

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